Columbia Votes student “voter registration genius” Haley Patton (center) moderates a panel as part of “Meeting the Moment” in March 2025. When I started Columbia Votes in 2018, the name accurately ...

What does it take to truly engage students in the classroom and their studies? As instructors report a growing disengagement in their curricula, many are beginning to rethink their teaching practices ...

In 1933, the Oxford Union held one of the most famous debates in its storied history. The resolution before the student organization could scarcely have been more controversial: “This House Will under ...

A recent report from a Harvard College Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee calls attention to two major campus concerns: First, that students frequently self-censor on controversial topics, and ...

There’s an effective way to help students connect the real world to classroom learning while discovering career skills—and it ...

In today’s evolving educational landscape, engaging students effectively is more crucial than ever. Research consistently shows that students learn best when they are actively involved in the learning ...

One of our favorite books is How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose and others. The chapter we turn to again and again is “What Factors Motivate ...

Another core idea for helping students grasp critical concepts in chemistry is to incorporate examples to which students can relate. This is a central strategy in culturally responsive teaching, which ...

In 2020, the World Economic Forum released a list of the most sought-after skills for the jobs of tomorrow. Among them were a number of surprising entries such as creativity, coordinating with others, ...

For nearly two decades, I’ve worked to improve teaching and learning with technology. And while the continuously evolving nature of technology has changed the trajectory of my career many times, I ...

As a writer and scholar yourself, you probably know firsthand that feedback from informed peers is invaluable in clarifying and extending a piece of writing. Similarly, students can benefit from peer ...